Involving African women in decision making about crop production turns out to enable environmentally sustainable farming practices.

Celebrities, pundits, and political leaders alike have cast these vehicles as the apotheosis of an environmentally responsible future.

But the simple truth is that buying non organic is far more cost effective, more humane, and more environmentally responsible.

Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

What can be done to raise awareness among the main stakeholders and general public and to foster environmentally sound waste management practices?

Indeed, by promoting agricultural practices and technologies that are environmentally sustainable and raise rural incomes, these policies also stimulate rural non farm activities.

Recalling also that the 2005 World Summit encouraged the pursuit of responsible business practices,

175. We encourage responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact.

8. Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

7. Also encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact

Given the negative long term effects of the use of pesticides, she asked whether the Government had considered promoting more environmentally friendly practices, such as organic agriculture.

Building on a series of innovative initiatives, UNF, the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies and UNFIP hosted the Second Institutional Investor Summit on Climate Risk in May 2005.

The Forum may also wish to call on countries to create enabling conditions for private sector investments and encourage environmentally and socially responsible investments in the forest sector.

(a) Environmentally friendly

1990s architects such as William McDonough and Ken Yeang applied environmentally responsible building design to large commercial buildings, such as office buildings, making them largely self sufficient in energy production.

With humility, but also with great faith in the future and in the international community, democracy and freedom we in Paraguay are building a socially, fiscally and environmentally responsible State.

Human activities, such as environmentally damaging infrastructure development, modification of river flows, deforestation, unsustainable agricultural practices, over fishing, introduction of invasive alien species and release of pollutants, can upset this delicate balance.

Noting that the natural disasters have proved the relevance of environmentally responsible economic and development policies and the need for the Central American nations to consider environmental aspects among all their development objectives,

83. Takes note of recent efforts at the regional level to promote responsible fishing practices, including combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

To help industries in the region upgrade environmentally, firms can now obtain special loans for which the Asian Development Bank assumes the risk a program made possible by Hong Kong s sound banking practices.

In 2012, the UMass Permaculture Initiative won the White House Champions of Change sustainability contest, which declared that they demonstrate how permaculture can feed a growing population in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible manner .

Environmentally damaging projects should be abandoned systematically.

And they are environmentally dirty to boot.

That is socially, morally, and environmentally wasteful.

That approach ensures that we give proper protection to the areas that need to be protected, while not disrupting responsible fishing practices in other areas.

Environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to climate change

8. Stresses the importance of good corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, and encourages the Global Compact Office to continue to foster responsible business practices and to promote the sharing of best practices and positive action through learning, dialogue and partnerships

Of course, organic products should be available for people who feel that they must have and can afford them. But the simple truth is that buying non organic is far more cost effective, more humane, and more environmentally responsible.

Several factors can direct consumers towards more environmentally friendly behavior.

And policymakers must ensure that the investments are environmentally sustainable.

Hydrogen fuelled buses are more environmentally friendly than diesel buses.

The costs of environmentally unsustainable water use must be quantified.

Biotechnology is promoted through the use of environmentally sound materials.

Regional cooperation also holds great promise. Indonesia and Malaysia, which together account for 85 of the world palm oil market, have agreed to establish the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, which will harmonize standards and promote environmentally sustainable production practices.

He welcomed the impetus given by the Secretary General to the Compact through the Global Compact Office and the role that the Office played in promoting responsible business practices.

Will the world of cognitive surplus make it easier for us to be environmentally responsible, guided also by the inclusion of externalities in the prices of physical goods, so that we end up consuming fewer physical things and spend more on virtual value?

We need new environmentally sound technologies in each of these sectors.

The diffusion of quality and productivity enhancing environmentally sound technologies (ESTs)

That means not only greater economic inclusion, higher agricultural productivity, strengthened food security, and financial stability, but also lessons concerning responsible and sustainable business practices, corporate governance, and community relations.

Technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutant wastes

Automobile dependent countries like America need smart solutions to ensure environmentally sustainable development.

IFAD has assisted the Mauritanian Government in oasis protection and environmentally sensitive development.

That will require the successful and environmentally safe application of biotechnology in agriculture.

In addition, crop diversification has reduced the need for costly and environmentally damaging pesticides.

But lavish subsidies today simply enable an expensive, inconvenient, and often environmentally deficient technology.